Precis rauana

Montane commodore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Precis
Species:	P. rauana
Binomial name
	Precis rauana; (Grose-Smith, 1898)
Synonyms
	Junonia rauana Grose-Smith, 1898; Kallimula osborni Holland, 1920; Precis rauana kakamega Carcasson, 1961; Precis silvicola Schultze, 1916; Precis omissa Rothschild, 1918;

Precis rauana, the montane commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Plastostema and Plectranthus species.

Subspecies

Precis rauana rauana (Democratic Republic of Congo, western Kenya, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
Precis rauana silvicola Schultz, 1916 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda)

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